小学英语无障碍学习丛书 英语小故事课后读·五年级(txt+pdf+epub+mobi电子书下载)

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小学英语无障碍学习丛书 英语小故事课后读·五年级试读：

英语幽默小故事

（1）The Boss （老板）

There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot（鹦鹉）.There were three parrots in the shop. They were $5,000,$10,000 and $30,000. The guy asked the owner, “Why is this worth $5,000? It’s soexpensive（昂贵的） for a parrot.”The owner said, “Because I have trained him to talk.” Then the customer asked again, “Why is the second one more expensive?” The owner answered,“Except（除了） talking,he can also dance.” The customer feltsurprised（惊奇的）,“How about the third one? What makes him the most expensive one?” The ownershook（摇动） his head, “I don’t know. He can neither talk nor dance. But the other two call him ‘The Boss’.”理解能力测试

1. Which parrot is the most expensive?A. The first one.B. The second one.C. The third one.

2. What can the most expensive parrot do?A. He can talk.B. He can talk and dance.C. He can’t talk or dance.

3. What do the other two call the third parrot?A. The God.B. The boss.C. The brother.精妙点拨

1. shake

文中shook是shake的过去式，shake one’s head意为“摇头”，表示疑惑或不满。如：Grandpa shook his head and said no. /爷爷摇了摇头，说不可以。

2. neither...nor...

意为“既不……也不……”，用于否定句。如：Neither Jack nor John can play basketball. /杰克和约翰都不会打篮球。佳句背诵

All things in their being are good for something.天生我材必有用

（2）Cut My Ticket （剪票）

Tom is a little boy. He is only seven years old. One day he went to a cinema（电影院） for the first time. He bought aticket（电影票） and went in. But after two minutes he came out, and bought the second ticket and went in again.After a few minutes he came out again and bought the third ticket. The seller wasconfused（疑惑的）,so she asked him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts my ticket.”理解能力测试

1. How many ticket(s) did Tom buy?A. One.B. Two.

2. Did Tom have friends in the cinema?A. Yes, he did.B. No, he didn’t.

3. Why did Tom buy so many tickets?A. His tickets were lost.B. His tickets were cut by a big woman.精妙点拨

1. cinema的用法

意为“电影院”，和theater同义。“看电影”可以是go to the cinema/theater, 也可以说成watch a movie/film。2. for the first time

意为“第一次”。如：I went to the zoo for the first time last Sunday. /上周日我第一次去了动物园。“某人第一次做某事”也可以表述为It’s the first time for sb. to do sth.。佳句背诵

Failure is the mother of success.失败乃成功之母

（3）A Good Boy （好孩子）

Little Robert excitedly ran to his mother and asked her for two cents（美分）. His mother asked, “What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?” “I gave it to a poor old woman. She was on the street.” he said. “You’re a good boy, you helped the old lady.” said the motherproudly（骄傲地）. She took out another two cents from the pocket（口袋） and sent them to Robert, “Here are two cents more. But why are you sointerested（感兴趣） in the old woman?” Robert answered, “She is the one who sellscandy（糖果）.”理解能力测试

1. What did little Robert ask from his mother?A. Two cents.B. The candy.

2. Why was the mother proud of Robert?A. She thought he helped the old lady.B. Robert got good grades in an exam.3. Why did Robert give two cents to the old woman?

A. She was very poor.

B. He bought candy from her.精妙点拨

1. cent的用法

意为“美分”，是美元中最小的使用单位，100美分等于1美元。5美分叫nickel, 10美分叫dime，25美分叫quarter。

2. two cents more

意为“另外两美分”，等同于another two cents。3. be interested in

意为“对……感兴趣”。如：He is interested in reading and writing. /他对读书和写作感兴趣。佳句背诵

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标，就如航海没有罗盘

（4）Drunk （醉酒）

One day, a father and his little son were going home from school. The boy was curious（好奇的） about all kinds of things and always asked his father questions. When they were at a bus stop, he asked, “What’s the meaning of the word‘Drunk’（喝醉的） on theboard（广告板）, dad?” “Well,my son,” his father smiled and tried toexplain（解释） in an easy way,“look, there are two policemen standing infront（前面） of us. If I see the two policemen as four,then I am drunk.” “But dad,” the boy said, “there’s only one policeman!”理解能力测试

1. Where were the father and his little son going?A. They were going to school.B. They were going home.

2. Where did the boy see the word “Drunk”?A. At a bus stop.B. In a train station.3. How many policemen did the father see?

A. Two.

B. Four.精妙点拨

1. was /were going

是过去进行时，表示过去某个时间点正在进行的动作。如：I was watching TV at 9 o’clock yesterday. /昨天九点的时候我正在看电视。

2. all kinds of

表示“各种各样的”，常见于美式英语，英式英语多用all sorts of。3. bus stop

意为“汽车站”，类似地，“火车站”是train station。佳句背诵

Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只意味着终身不懈的努力

（5）Send My Hat Back （把帽子寄回来）

Mr. Jones had a few days’ holiday, so he planned to go to the mountains（山脉，山区） by train. He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got on the train. He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window. But the wind pulled his hat off. Mr. Jones quickly took his bag andthrew（扔） it out of the window,too. Apassenger（乘客） in thecarriage（车厢） laughed, “Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?” “No,” Mr.Jones answered, “there’s no name and noaddress（地址） on my hat, but there are name and address on the bag. Someone’s going to find both of them near each other, and he will send me the bag and the hat.”理解能力测试

1. Where did Mr. Jones plan to go?

2. What did he bring with him?

3. Why did he throw the bag out of the window?精妙点拨

1. plan to do sth.

意为“计划、打算做某事”。如：He plans to join a club next term. /他打算下学期参加一个社团。2. by train

意为“乘火车”，类似地，“乘汽车”为by car/bus,“乘飞机”为by plane/air,“乘地铁”为by subway/metro/underground。3. be going to

等同于will，都表示将来时。佳句背诵

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的

（6）That Is Not My Dog! （那不是我的狗！)

One day, a woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog. She likes it very much and wants to buy it.She asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?” The shopkeeper says, “No. My dog is very gentle（温顺的）. It doesn’t bite.”The woman squats（蹲下） down and tries topet（爱抚） the dog, but the dog bites her at a sudden（突然）.“Ouch（哎哟） !” shescreams（尖叫）, “I thought you said your dog doesn’t bite! Why does it bite me now?” The shopkeeper replies calmly（冷静地）,“Well, that’s not my dog!”理解能力测试

1. The woman likes the little dog very much. ( )

2. The dog is very gentle and it doesn’t bite her. ( )精妙点拨1. pet 作名词时意为“宠物”，作动词时意为“爱抚，宠爱”。

2. at a sudden

意为“突然”，等同于suddenly。如：He fainted at a sudden when he saw the blood. /他看到血突然就晕了过去。3. scream

意为“尖叫”，表示“尖叫，喊叫”的词还有shriek,screech，yell，shout，cry等。佳句背诵

Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成

（7）My First and My Last（我的第一次和最后一次）

When George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly. He soon became veryskilled（熟练的，有技能的） and made his plane do all kinds of tricks（特技）. One day George invited his friend Mark to take his plane. George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air. When they landed（降落）, Mark was very glad to be back safely. He said to his friend in ashaking（颤抖的） voice, “Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane.” George was very surprised and asked, “Two trips?” “Yes, my first and my last.”answered Mark.理解能力测试

1. George took Mark to fly ____.A. Once B. Twice

2. Is George really very skilled?精妙点拨

1. skilled

意为“熟练的，有技能的”，be skilled at是“擅长，精通”的意思。如：Mary is skilled at playing piano. /玛丽擅长弹钢琴。

2. trick

意为“诡计，恶作剧，窍门”，在这里是“特技表演”的意思。Trick or treat!意为“不给糖就捣蛋!”这是万圣节孩子们挨家挨户要糖果等礼物时经常说的话。佳句背诵

All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right. 做一切事都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行

（8）Chaude and Cold （热和冷）

A customer in Montreal （蒙特利尔） cafe turned on atap（水龙头） in the washroom and gotscalded（烫伤）.“Thissucked（糟糕）,” he complained, “The tap marked C gave me boiling water.” “But,Monsieur（先生<法>） , C stands for chaude-French for hot. You should know that if you live in Montreal.” “Wait a minute.”roared（吼） the customer, “The other tap is also marked C.” “Of course.”said the manager, “It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is abilingual（双语的） city.”理解能力测试

1. Montreal is a ____ city.A. monolingual B. bilingual

2. The two taps marked both C gave different water. ( )3. Does the customer live in Montreal?精妙点拨

1. Montreal

蒙特利尔是加拿大第二大城市，位于渥太华河与圣劳伦斯河汇合口以下的河心岛——蒙特利尔岛上。法裔居民约占三分之二，是除巴黎以外世界最大的法语城市。

2. turn on

意为“打开”，turn off意为“关闭”，turn up意为“调高（音量等）”，turn down意为“关小”。3. suck

意为“糟糕”，在美国口语中应用非常普遍。如：The weather in Beijing really sucks. /北京的天气糟透了。佳句背诵

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.我能奉献的只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水

（9）A Bad Impression （坏印象）

A young man was traveling in acompartment（火车车厢）on a train. He was sorude（粗鲁的） that he caused a lot of trouble to other passengers. At last this young man got out at a station with his two heavy bags, but none of the other passengers helped him. One of them waited until he was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him,“You left something behind in the compartment!” The young man turned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired but found nothing. He shouted, “What did Ileave behind（落下） ?”“A very bad impression!” The passenger answered.理解能力测试

1. What do you think of this young man?2. What have you learnt from this story?精妙点拨

1. so+形容词或副词+that...

意为“如此……以至于……”。如：When the football fans saw Beckham, they got so excited that they cried out. /当球迷见到贝克汉姆的时候，他们太激动了以至于喊了出来。

2. leave behind

意为“留下，忘记带”。如：I don’t want to leave anything behind. /我不想留下任何东西。该短语还有“落后”的意思，等同于fall/lag behind。如：The developing countries leave far behind the developed countries. /发展中国家远远落后于发达国家。佳句背诵

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”. 凡是决心取得成功的人是从来不会说“不可能”的

（10）How Did You Ever Get Here?（你怎么来的？）

One winter morning, there was a light snow outside.But an employee showed up（出现，到场） for work 45 minutes late and he had to explain the reason to his boss.He went into the boss’s office and said, “Being late was not my intention. It was soslippery（滑的） out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two.” The boss eyed himsuspiciously（怀疑地）, “Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?” “I finally gave up,” he said, “andstarted for（出发，前往） home.”理解能力测试

1. The employee still arrived on time for work though it was snowy heavily outside. ( )

2. It was a reasonable cause that the boss accepted. ( )

3. The employee really started for home so he finally got to the office. ( )精妙点拨

1. show up

意为“出现，到场”，近义词有appear, present, turn up等。如：She showed up at the reception with splendid jewels. /她珠光宝气地出现在招待会上。

2. ……for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two.

意为：……我每向前迈一步，就要向后退两步。

3. eye的用法

作名词意为“眼睛”，作动词意为“注视，看”。如：He eyes straight for 5 minutes without any blink. /他盯着前方看了5分钟都没有眨眼。

4. start for

意为“出发，前往”，等同于go/proceed to, leave/head for等。如：Jim started for Italy by train. /吉姆坐火车去意大利。佳句背诵

Every man is the master of his own fortune.每个人都是自己命运的主宰

（11）West Point （西点军校）

I visitedWest Point（西点军校） to watch a football game between Army andBoston College（波士顿学院）.Taking astroll（漫步） beforekick-off（开球）, I met many malecadets（军校生） in neat uniforms. Several visitors asked them if they could take a photo, “We want to show our son what toexpect（期待） if he attends West Point.” One middle-aged couple walked to a veryattractive（有魅力的）female cadet and asked her topose（摆姿势） for a picture. They explained, “We want to show our son what hemissed（错过） for not coming to West Point.”理解能力测试

1. Why did I visit West Point?A. I visited West Point to watch a football game.B. I visited West Point to take a stroll.C. I visited West Point to photo with the cadets.

2. The visitors photoed the male cadets to tell their son that ____.A. the cadets are handsome B. the cadets won the game C. they can be like the cadets if they attend West Point

3. Why did the middle-aged couple ask the female cadet to pose for a photo?

A. She was so attractive.

B. They wanted to keep the photo forever.

C. They wanted to show the photo to their son.精妙点拨

1. West Point

西点军校，是“美国陆军军官学校”的俗称。校址在纽约市北西点，故名。1802年7月成立，培养陆军初级军官。学制四年。学员由政府高级官员或国会议员推荐，考试后择优录取。有“美国将军的摇篮”之称。

2. Boston College

波士顿学院，是美国一所顶尖私立研究型大学, 是波士顿五大名校（麻省理工学院、哈佛大学、塔夫斯大学、波士顿学院、布兰迪斯大学）之一，在美国东北部地区享有极高声望。波士顿学院在2006被列为全美25所“新常春藤”名校之一。

3. take a stroll

意为“散步”，等同于take a walk。如：Mike takes a stroll in the park after dinner every day. /每天晚饭后，迈克都会去公园里散步。佳句背诵

You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.你必须相信你自己，这是成功的秘诀

（12）Imitation （模仿）

A boy went home after school. He told his mother he had a stomachache（肚子疼）. “Well, sit down and eat somecookies（小饼干）.” said his mother, “Your stomach pains because it’sempty（空的）. It’ll be all right if you get something in it.” Shortly afterwards dad came back from the office. He said he had aheadache（头疼）. “That’s because it’s empty.” said hisbright（聪明的） son, “You’ll be all right if you have something in it.”理解能力测试

1. The little boy had a stomachache because he was hungry.( )

2. The boy was bright because he knew why his father had a headache. ( )

3. Put something in the head and the headache will stop. ( )精妙点拨

1. ache

是“疼”的意思，可以放在身体部位的名词后组成新的单词“……疼”，如headache“头疼”，stomachache“肚子疼”，toothache“牙疼”，backache“背疼”等。2. It will be all right

意为“会好的，会没事的”。如：Don’t worry. It will be all right. /别担心，一切都会好起来的。3. shortly afterwards

意为“不久，很快”，等同于soon。如：Shortly afterwards, President Xi will visit the United States. /不久习主席就要去访问美国了。佳句背诵

Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. 不要因为一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的

（13）I’m Happy （我很开心）

A school teacher was telling her students the importance of making others happy（高兴，开心） . “Now, children,”she said, “has anyone ever made someone around you happy?” “Teacher,” said a little boy, “I made someone happy yesterday.” “Well done. Who was that?” “My grandma.”“Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother happy.” “I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then I said to her, ‘Grandma, I’m going home.’and she said, ‘Well, I’m happy!’ ”理解能力测试

1. No one in the class has ever made someone else happy.( )

2. The boy’s grandmother felt happy because he stayed with her. ( )

3. Have you ever made someone around you happy? How?精妙点拨

1. the importance of sth./doing sth.

意为“（做）……的重要性”。如：The importance of correcting mistakes is obvious. /纠正错误的重要性是很明显的。

2. have/has done

是现在完成时，表示过去发生的动作或事情对现在造成的影响。如：He has already been to Beijing. /他之前去过北京。佳句背诵

There is no absolute success in the world, only constant progress. 世界上没有绝对的成功，只有不断的进步

（14）One Apple Is Worth Nothing（一个苹果不要钱）

Bill is asmart（聪明的） boy and he likesmath（数学）.One day Billpassed（路过） a fruit store. “How much are the apples?” he asked the store keeper. “Six for five cents.”“But I don’t want six apples.” “How many apples do you want?” “Well, if six apples areworth（值） five cents, then five apples are worth four cents,four apples are worth three cents, three apples are worth two cents, two apples are worth one cent and one apple is worth nothing. I only want one apple then it is notnecessary（必要的） for me to pay you.”理解能力测试

1. Bill is smart and good at math. ( )

2. One apple is worth nothing, so he doesn’t need to pay. ( )3. How many apples can you get for 10 cents?精妙点拨

1. How much...?

意为“……多少钱？”是询问价格的常用表达。如：How much is this book? /这本书多少钱？2. worth

意为“值……”，后面可以接具体的价格，也可以接名词、代词、动名词。如：The ticket for Jay Chou’s concert is worth ￥800. /周杰伦演唱会的门票值800元。再如：The Summer Palace is worth visiting. /颐和园值得一游。佳句背诵

All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 所有幸福的家庭都是相似的，而不幸的家庭各有各的不幸

（15）That’s Why （原来如此）

Jimmy startedpainting（画画） when he was three years old. When he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures,and people paid much money for them. Jimmy’s pictures weredifferent（不同的） because he only painted onhalf（一半） of the paper, and the other half was always empty. “That’s very clever.” everyone said, “Nobody else does that!”

One day someone bought Jimmy’s pictures and asked, “Please tell me this. Why do you only paint on thebottom（下部，底部） half of your pictures?” “Because I’m small. Mybrushes（刷子，画笔） don’t reach（够到） very high.”理解能力测试

1. When did Jimmy start painting?

A. When he was three.

B. When he was five.

2. Are Jimmy’s pictures different?A. Yes. They are different.B. No. They are the same as others.

3. Why did Jimmy only paint on half of the paper?A. He wanted to be different.B. He was short. He couldn’t reach very high.精妙点拨

1. be good at

意为“擅长”，等同于be skilled at。如：I’m good at singing and dancing. /我擅长唱歌和跳舞。2. bottom

意为“下部”，反义词为top“上部”。如：You may find the book on the bottom of the shelf. /在书架的最底层，你或许能找到这本书。

3. reach

意为“伸手去拿、够”。如：Judy reached into her handbag and handed me a pack of tissue. /朱迪从包里拿出一包纸巾递给了我。佳句背诵

Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.你希望别人如何对待你，你就如何对待别人

（16）A Fine Match （势均力敌）

One day a lady saw a mouse（老鼠） run across herkitchen（厨房） floor. She was very afraid of the mouse,so she ran out quickly. She went to a shop and bought amousetrap（老鼠夹）. The shopkeeper said to her, “Put somecheese（奶酪） in it and you will soon catch that mouse.”

The lady went home, but when she looked in hercupboard（碗柜） , she couldn’t find any cheese in it. So she cut a picture of some cheese from a magazine（杂志） and put that in the trap. When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning, she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese!理解能力测试

1. What did the lady buy in the shop?

2. Did the lady find any cheese in her cupboard?

3. What did she see the next morning?精妙点拨

1. a fine match

意为“势均力敌”。2. be afraid of

意为“害怕”。如：He is afraid of staying home alone. /他害怕一个人待在家里。3. cheese

意为“奶酪”。奶酪是一种发酵的牛奶制品，其性质与常见的酸牛奶有相似之处，都是通过发酵过程来制作的，也都含有可以保健的乳酸菌，但是奶酪的浓度比酸奶更高，近似固体食物，营养也因此更加丰富。佳句背诵

The good seaman is known in bad weather.惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色

（17）Early Shopper （采购过早）

It isChristmas（圣诞节）. All the city is on a national holiday, but thejudge（法官） has to question theprisoner（犯人） on thecourt（法院）. “What did you do that gets you here?” he asks. “I did my Christmas shopping early.”replies（回答） the prisoner lightly. “That’s nooffense（过错） at all. You shouldn’t be here.” replies the judge, “By the way, how early did you do this shopping?”“Before the store opened.” answers the prisoner.理解能力测试

1. It is Christmas, but the judge has to work. ( )

2. The prisoner had no offense. He was only an early shopper.( )

3. What do you usually do to celebrate Christmas?精妙点拨

1. Christmas

意为“圣诞节”，是基督教纪念耶稣诞生的节日。《圣经》中并未提及耶稣出生日期。多数教会规定以12月25日为圣诞节。但正教和其他东方教会由于使用的历法不同，其12月25日相当于公历1月6日或7日。圣诞节期间，信徒家里多摆圣诞树，并有向亲友报佳音、唱圣诞歌、化装成圣诞老人向儿童赠送礼物等活动。2. What did you do that gets you here?

意为：你犯了什么罪被带到这儿来？3. not…at all

意为“一点儿也不”，用于否定句。如：I don’t like Tim at all, so I won’t go to his party. /我一点儿也不喜欢蒂姆，我不会去他的派对的。

4. by the way

意为“顺便问一句”，是常用的口语表达。如：By the way, do you have time on Tuesday? /顺便问一句，你周二有空吗？佳句背诵

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力

（18）Advantages and Disadvantages（优缺点）

1. The salesman is honest because he tells the buyer the disadvantages first. ( )

2. What are the disadvantages of the house?

3. Does the house really have advantages?精妙点拨

1. advantage

意为“优点”，它的反义词是disadvantage“缺点”。如：Everyone has both advantages and disadvantages. /每个人既有优点，又有缺点。

2. tell的用法

作动词有两个意思。在“I’m going to tell you the disadvantages”中，tell意为“告诉”；在“you can always tell which way the wind is blowing”中，tell意为“分辨”。

3. 方向的表示方法

东、南、西、北分别是east, south, west, north，搭配为in the east/south/west/north。

4. You can always tell which way the wind is blowing.

意为：你总能分辨风是从哪边吹过来的。佳句背诵

Energy and persistence conquer all things.精力和毅力可以征服一切

（19）Keep th e Change （零钱不用找了)

I sell books in a book store. One day, I got into anargument（争吵） with a customer. He was interested inThe Little Prince《小王子》 but thought 35 cents were too expensive. Other paperbacks（平装本） were selling for 20 cents each. I said that the book was very good and the story was really interesting. But he said he could only pay 20 cents for it. Finally, I agreed to sell him the book for 20 cents. He wasfairly（相当地） happy. He paid me a $10bill（钞票）and said, “Keep thechange（零钱） .”理解能力测试

1. I am a book seller in a book store. ( )

2. The buyer finally decided to buy the book and paid 35 cents. ( )

3. He paid me a $10 bill and let me keep the change as tip. ( )精妙点拨

1. argument

意为“争论、争辩”，是argue的名词形式，argue with sb.是“与某人争吵”的意思。如：His temper is bad.He always argues with people. /他的脾气很糟，总与人争吵。

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